Sunday 29 September 2019

Viva Italia Day 16 - Stage 11 - Bonifacio to San Paolo




All roads do lead to Rome! Cycle Southern Italy, 
Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily

14 September 2019 - 22 October 2019


Sunday 29 September 2019

Let's just say the best thing about today's ride was the 1.5km downhill cycle to the ferry and the 1 hour ferry trip... :)

I have not yet got the strength to start the day with climbs so Edna and I took the van from the port to about the 19.6km mark with the intention to at least make it to lunch, which we did.

As you can see from the elevations, there were some steep climbs leading up to lunch at 42.6km and we did a fair bit of walking, which only exacerbates my back problem. By 12.30pm, the sun was beating down and the balance of the ride looked uninviting.

We were joined in the van at lunch by our fellow Member of the Tribe Eli. Edna and I both had a nap at the lunch spot before a pleasant 45km lift to the hotel at Porto San Paolo where we are tonight celebrating the eve of the Jewish New Year!

87.5km +1309m/-1285m


 
 
Au revoir Corsica

Ciao Sardegna

 

 



 Highlights of today's cycling..... at around 20km mark after 500m of cycling :)

Saturday 28 September 2019

Viva Italia Day 15 - Rest Day - Bonifacio




All roads do lead to Rome! Cycle Southern Italy, 
Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily

14 September 2019 - 22 October 2019

Saturday 28 September 2019

A very restful day hanging out at the modern Hotel Santateresa doing the washing, watching the AFL grand final and the NRL Preliminary Final and a little excursion into the old town for food.





 
 



 

 


 


 



 



 





Viva Italia Day 14 - Stage 10 - Zonza to Bonifacio




All roads do lead to Rome! Cycle Southern Italy, 
Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily 

14 September 2019 - 22 October 2019


Friday 27 September 2019

With only 67km to go to Bonifacio, we enjoyed a sleep in with late breakfast. The route looked manageable so Edna and I decided we would cycle the whole day - a first for me on this tour!

The first 15km out of Zonza was through a pine forest and the air was clean and crisp. The day got somewhat harder from the 38km mark to lunch at 61km with a strong headwind and heavy traffic. Nevertheless, we made it safely in to lunch with only 6km to get in to Bonifacio.. with some steep climbs at the end.

Our hotel is at the top of a hill so to venture down to the old town and further down to the port requires some effort on the return journey!

My roommate Roger and I enjoyed a dinner of mussels down at the port while Edna found a place for a salad in the company of Eli. Rest day coming up tomorrow!

66.6km +663m/-1393m







 

Solar field



 



Moules Bonifaciennes, frites - quite a feed.